London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Walthamstow 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The following: Table shows the drainage and other defects in houses from which cases of Infectious Diseases
were notified, and will help to show their relationship.
| Total Number Notified. | Disease. | No. of Houses Invaded. | No. with Defects. | No. showing Defects as to— | Dirty Condition of House. | Dirty or Uncov'rd Drinking Water Cisterns. | Defective Roofs, etc. | Defective Pavings, etc. | Dampness. | Percentage showing Defects in— | Dirty Condition of House. | Dirty or Uncov'rd Drinking Water Cisterns. | Defective Roofs, etc. | Defective Pavings, etc. | Dampness. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drains. | Traps, Fittings, etc. | Drains. | Sanitary Fittings, etc. | ||||||||||||||
| 670 | Scarlet Fever | 571 | 330 | 33 | 101 | 173 | 51 | 79 | 44 | 31 | 5-7 | 176 | 30 2 | 8'9 | 138 | 7-7 | 5-4 |
| 375 | Diphtheria | 325 | 196 | 44 | 42 | 103 | 13 | 46 | 20 | 17 | 135 | 129 | 3T6 | 4-0 | 14T | 61 | 52 |
| 4 | Enteric Fever | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 68 | Erysipelas | 68 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 3 | 4-4 | 293 | 2 9 | 5'8 | 29 | 1.4 |
| 8 | Puerperal Fever | 8 | 5 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1125 | Totals | 976 | 560 | 83 | 149 | 301 | 66 | 130 | 66 | 49 | 8.5 | 153 | 30.38 | 6.7 | 133 | 6 7 | 5. 0 |